A 22-million-year-old termite perfectly preserved in amber. [📹 Rocks for the Spirit]

Naples, Italy 🇮🇹 Teatro di San Carlo — the world’s oldest continuously operating opera house. And it’s absolutely stunning.

Decades-old palm trees in Rio de Janeiro are flowering for the first — and only — time. Native to India and Sri Lanka, these palms can reach heights of up to 100 feet and produce millions of blossoms that may develop into new seedlings if successfully pollinated.

This is Lake Michigan

The most unbelievable skiing video you’ll ever see [📹 mspfilms]

The Alpine procession of Saint Nicholas, accompanied by two angels, the Red Devil (the Whistleblower), and the Krampuses— a living piece of mountain folklore 👹